Fiddler on the Roof

Lamb's Players is reprising one of the best shows they've ever done. Ever! Robert Smyth and Deborah Gilmour Smyth have co-directed this feast for the eyes and ears, including non-traditional elements (Mike Buckley's set could be a painting by Marc Chagall; the back-up band plays klezmer instruments, and the fiddler's live: Ernest Saucedo weaves through the story and enchants throughout). Sam Zeller heads a strong cast as Tevye, an impish Job who watches his family, and his world (a Jewish shtetl on the cusp of change), collapse around him. From individual voices to choral effects, the production's a treat. And when the script calls for an over-the-roof image, as in Tevye's dream, the show delivers.Critic's Pick.